[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-lords-building-the-strongest-civilization":3,"chapter-global-lords-building-the-strongest-civilization-global-lords-building-the-strongest-civilization-chapter-45":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Global Lords: Building the Strongest Civilization with SSS Rank Talent",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},831924,1094,"Chapter 45: BIO-REACTOR","global-lords-building-the-strongest-civilization-chapter-45",45,"\u003Cp>The call with the Druid ended, leaving a sour taste in Red's mouth. \"Win-trading.\" The very concept offended his gamer soul, although he was just a casual gamer. It was safe and efficient, but it was boring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red looked at his resource tab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ DP: 249,600 ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hovered his finger over the [ RESEARCH: BIO-REACTOR ] button.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ COST: 50,000 DP ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His finger trembled. Fifty thousand. That was nearly 20% of his entire liquid capital. That was five [ MIRACLE: HEAL ] spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it worth it?\" Red whispered to the empty Void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the statistics of his tribe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>→ Daily Food Consumption: 800 units (Rising rapidly).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>→ Current Production: Fishing (Variable), Farming (Slow), Hunting (Dangerous).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Druid farms fear,\" Red analyzed. \"But fear doesn't fill a belly. If I want to expand—if I want to beat Marcus and the 'Heroes' in the West—I need a population explosion. And I can't support a thousand soldiers on fish and moss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, they eat anything they see moving. Not to mention how they got sick a few weeks ago after they ate the Troglodytes' meat. I had to waste DP to cure them. Even though I have told them to not eat, it's in their nature. They will surely do it again. I can't punish them for eating.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the pulsing green Heart of Rot sitting in the wagon on the map below. It was a perpetual motion machine of biological matter. A glitch in the laws of thermodynamics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's an infinite engine,\" Red decided. \"If I can strip the poison... I can print meat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Investment confirmed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLICK.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ DP DEDUCTED: 50,000 ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ RESEARCH STARTED: BIO-REACTOR (TIER 1) ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ TIME TO COMPLETION: 4 DAYS ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next four days were a confusing nightmare for the citizens of Bastion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren't upgrading the temple or building a wall. They were building a... thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red directed the construction personally, burning another 5,000 DP on material transmutations to get the glass thick enough and the iron pure enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>→ The Shell-Kin hauled massive sheets of silica-glass from the new sand pits in the crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>→ The Kobolds forged complex copper piping, twisting them into spirals that made no sense to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>→ Krug was forced to act as a welder, using his violet fire to seal the joints of the massive vat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is a prison?\" Gorak asked on the third day, looking at the ten-foot-tall glass cylinder being erected in the center of the Industrial District.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is a stomach,\" Iron-Scale guessed, watching the pipes being connected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were terrified of the Heart. It sat in a containment box, thumping slowly, leaking green slime. It smelled of the enemy. It smelled of the Tower that had tried to kill them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trust Ka-Lam-Tee,\" Krug chanted, though his own voice wavered. \"The Spiral consumes and knows all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I don't… buddy…' Red sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the evening of the fourth day, the machine was ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like something out of a steampunk horror movie. A massive central glass vat, surrounded by a complex array of copper heat-exchangers and filtration tubes. At the bottom was a heavy iron spigot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[KRUG,] Red projected. [PUT IT IN.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krug hesitated. He held the Heart of Rot. It was heavy, warm, and gross.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He climbed the ladder to the top of the vat. He dropped the heart into the suspension fluid, a mix of water and salt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SPLOOSH.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heart floated in the center. It looked angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[SEAL IT.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy iron lid was clamped down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[NOW,] Red commanded. [IGNITE THE COILS.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krug channeled his Violet Fire into the heating element at the base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water inside began to boil. The Heart beat faster. THUMP-THUMP-THUMP. It reacted to the stress by pumping out massive amounts of green, fungal slurry—its defense mechanism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slurry was sucked into the copper pipes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the critical moment. If the filtration failed, Red would just pump poison gas into his own city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red focused. He spent 2,000 DP on a final, localized miracle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Concept: Pasteurization - Denaturation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Target: Filtration Coils.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pipes glowed white-hot. The green slurry was forced through the superheated spirals. The extreme heat killed the fungal spores instantly, breaking down the complex toxins into simple proteins and carbohydrates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The color changed. It went in Green. It moved through the pipes... turning Grey... then White.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[OPEN THE VALVE.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gorak stepped forward. He placed a wooden bucket under the spigot. He turned the wheel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HISS.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thick, steaming, white substance poured out. It had the consistency of porridge or wet dough. It didn't smell like rot. It smelled like... yeast. And cooked meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bucket filled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tribe watched in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\" a Mud-Skipper whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[EAT,] Red ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd flinched. They looked at the white slop. It came from the enemy's heart. It was surely cursed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gorak looked at the bucket. He was the Vanguard. He was the Penitent. If this was poison, it was his duty to die first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He scooped up a handful of the white paste. It was warm. He shoved it into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He chewed. He swallowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gorak's eyes widened. It wasn't delicious. It tasted bland, earthy, and slightly metallic like blood. But it was dense. He could feel the calories hitting his stomach like a punch. It was pure, concentrated fuel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It... it is good,\" Gorak rumbled, wiping his mouth. \"It is strong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took another handful. And another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I feel the heat,\" Gorak announced, flexing his irradiated arm. \"It fills the blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red watched the interface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ ITEM CREATED: NUTRIENT PASTE (TIER 1) ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ PROPERTIES: HIGH CALORIE \u002F NO TOXINS \u002F ACCELERATED HEALING ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ PRODUCTION RATE: 1000 UNITS \u002F DAY ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd surged forward. The fear had vanished, replaced by the urge of hunger. The Shell-Kin lumbered up. The Kobolds scrambled with bowls. The Grey-Fins brought nets to carry the blocks of paste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red watched them eat. He watched the Faith Counter tick up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ FAITH GENERATED: +500 ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ FAITH TRAIT EVOLVED: THE PROVIDER ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well… that's 1% of my investment already.\" Red muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red sat back in the Void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ CURRENT DP: 275,400 ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had spent a fortune. But he had solved the most fundamental limit of civilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Druid creates artificial scarcity to control his people,\" Red whispered, looking at the happy, feeding frenzy below. \"He keeps them hungry so they need him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red zoomed in on the glowing Bio-Reactor, the heart of his new industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just automated the harvest. Now they will never have to worry about food or getting sick. This should be fine for… 5000 followers. I will have to upgrade it after that, but I will worry about that later. For now… I need to focus on increasing my followers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1140,"2026-06-03T04:18:47.295Z","2026-06-03T04:18:56.938Z",1,"novelbin.me","fdb9a131eadf03d8fef89bea037cbad842d45925d2817b6163f05223d40ee7d1","global-lords-building-the-strongest-civilization-chapter-46","global-lords-building-the-strongest-civilization-chapter-44",256,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-lords-building-the-strongest-civilization-cover.jpg"]